Tag Archives: AFP

Tributes have poured in for Agence France-Presse (AFP) Afghanistan chief photographer, Shah Marai, who was killed in a double suicide attack in Kabul, after rushing to the scene to cover an initial explosion. He was 41 years old. The photographer, … Continue reading →

‘Conflict reporting’, in particular photojournalism, has dramatically changed over the last decade. There has been a shift towards news companies commissioning work from freelance photographers in dangerous war zones, and it appears freelancers are all the more willing to put … Continue reading →

Back in January, it was revealed that Agence France Press (AFP) and Getty Images would appeal the verdict that awarded photographer Daniel Morel US$1.2 million in damages for the unauthorised distribution of his 2010 Haiti earthquake images. Earlier this month, US District … Continue reading →

Who knows what contemporary journalism would look like without news wire services and user-generated content. Despite publications sometimes paying through the roof for exclusive images or stories from both sources, they have mostly provided a solid stream of inexpensive newsworthy items. … Continue reading →

Stock agency’s rates have never been so low, especially now given the world’s most powerful stock agency is offering images for free. Getty Images has announced a new embedding feature which will allow most of ‘its’ collection – around 35 million images … Continue reading →

Just when we thought the Daniel Morel v AFP/Getty Images saga was all over with a 1-0 result for the good guys for once, the defendants have filed a motion to overturn the verdict. Morel was awarded US$1.2 million in … Continue reading →

Getty Images and AFP have been hit with US$1.2 million in damages and a $400,000 fine for unauthorised use of freelance photographer Daniel Morel’s images of victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The long-running case is among the first to address whether images … Continue reading →